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*Agatha mentions her extensive study of poison, claiming that cyanide poisoning is invariably fatal, in reality it can be countered by several methods, including the administration of nitres, hydroxocobalamin or certain chelants. It is surprising that she sniffed the drink, hydrogen cyanide is one of many poisons that can readily be absorbed via inhalation. ''She didn't know it was cyanide until after smelling it's almond scent'' | *Agatha mentions her extensive study of poison, claiming that cyanide poisoning is invariably fatal, in reality it can be countered by several methods, including the administration of nitres, hydroxocobalamin or certain chelants. It is surprising that she sniffed the drink, hydrogen cyanide is one of many poisons that can readily be absorbed via inhalation. ''She didn't know it was cyanide until after smelling it's almond scent'' | ||
::I'm not sure what the point of this one is. If she didn't know it was cyanide, then she wouldn't have known to protect herself from cyanide inhalation. So how's it an error to have smelled it? Cause she should have been on guard against the possibility of inhale-able cyanide poisoning? it seems to me that would have been an even bigger plot hole. Had she protected herself from an unknown (and unknowable) threat the scene wouldn't have parsed well for me at all. I think the first half of the point is valid, though. She possibly should have known not to characterize cyanide poisoning in such starkly terminal ways. Still, what are the chances that she would've had counter-active materials on her or in the house. ''Practically speaking'' it '''was''' terminal, but for the little Time Lord trick. | ::I'm not sure what the point of this one is. If she didn't know it was cyanide, then she wouldn't have known to protect herself from cyanide inhalation. So how's it an error to have smelled it? Cause she should have been on guard against the possibility of inhale-able cyanide poisoning? it seems to me that would have been an even bigger plot hole. Had she protected herself from an unknown (and unknowable) threat the scene wouldn't have parsed well for me at all. I think the first half of the point is valid, though. She possibly should have known not to characterize cyanide poisoning in such starkly terminal ways. Still, what are the chances that she would've had counter-active materials on her or in the house. ''Practically speaking'' it '''was''' terminal, but for the little Time Lord trick. | ||
::: I would say that this one should be left unaltered because Agatha 'should' have known better than to sniff anything that had been poisoned (The doctor clearly said he had been poisoned and this is obvious).[[User:Slacker1989|Slacker1989]] 04:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
*The car by the lake abandoned by Agatha Christie does not look anything like the car she really owned. ''We don't know who the car belonged to at the end, she just got in and drove off. Also, the car was really found in a chalk pit. The Doctor could have engineered that later on, just has he engineered Agatha's transportation to the hotel.'' | *The car by the lake abandoned by Agatha Christie does not look anything like the car she really owned. ''We don't know who the car belonged to at the end, she just got in and drove off. Also, the car was really found in a chalk pit. The Doctor could have engineered that later on, just has he engineered Agatha's transportation to the hotel.'' | ||
::This is '''totally''' nitpicking. And the script addresses it: "time is in flux". Things are clearly not unfolding as they did prior to the Doctor's arrival. Getting the make of car or its location "right" is asking for a bit much. Still it's an interesting observation, as long as it can be reworded so as not to be characterized as an "error". '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 12:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC) | ::This is '''totally''' nitpicking. And the script addresses it: "time is in flux". Things are clearly not unfolding as they did prior to the Doctor's arrival. Getting the make of car or its location "right" is asking for a bit much. Still it's an interesting observation, as long as it can be reworded so as not to be characterized as an "error". '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 12:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC) |
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